On January 31, 2025, the CFPB announced President Donald Trump had appointed Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the CFPB. In ...

Demonstrators outside the Capitol on Wednesday in support of U.S. Agency for International Development.Credit...Haiyun Jiang ...

LGBTQ groups overall are pleased to have the first gay U.S. Treasury secretary. But that doesn't mean they had uniform ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump ...

“Scott Bessent brings a wealth of private-sector experience in the economy and markets to his new role, as well as a concern for the needs of working Americans,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S ...

Scott Bessent was sworn in as Treasury Secretary on Tuesday, taking the helm of one of the government agencies most critical to President Donald Trump’s sweeping economic agenda. Bessent ...

Washington — The Senate voted to confirm Scott Bessent as treasury secretary on Monday ... He and his husband, former New York City prosecutor John Freeman, have two children. “My life has been the ...

Newly minted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now the highest ranking openly LGBTQ official in American history. Bessent — who was nominated by President Donald Trump shortly after his election — ...

Former hedge fund manager Scott Bessent was confirmed yesterday in the Senate as the new Treasury Secretary. The 62-year-old Tr*mp nominee becomes the first out-gay man to hold the position. He’s also ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary ... He is married to former prosecutor John Freeman, with whom he has two children, according to Axios. “In a certain geographic ...